The United States Embassy in Mogadishu calls on the Somali Government and people to allow and encourage transparent reporting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate the critical efforts to protect and preserve the health and safety of the people of Somalia.<\/p>\n
We also call on Somalia\u2019s national leaders to vigorously advocate, defend, support and protect journalists and the public\u2019s right to access information about the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other key political and security developments in Somalia.\u00a0 We also expect that Somalia\u2019s leaders nationally and regionally will support accurate reporting without interference or the threat of violence and detention.<\/p>\n
The United States values freedom of the press as a key component of democratic governance.\u00a0 Democratic societies are not perfect, but they are accountable, and the exchange of ideas is the foundation for accountable governance.\u00a0 In the United States and in Somalia, it is vitally important to allow the members of the press to foster active debate, provide investigative reporting, and represent different points of view.\u00a0 The press play an important role in informing and educating citizens, and the U.S. commends journalists for the important role they play.\u00a0 Protecting and safeguarding the freedom of speech to operate freely and without fear of oppression is important for the maintenance of a free and democratic society.<\/p>\n
The United States stands with the citizens and journalists of Somalia to defend the rights to\u00a0press\u00a0freedom\u00a0and\u00a0freedom\u00a0of expression.\u00a0 It is the duty of governments, including in the United States and Somalia, and citizens across the globe to speak out in support of the press, their protection, and for their vital role in open societies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The United States Embassy in Mogadishu calls on the Somali Government and people to allow and encourage transparent reporting on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate the critical efforts to protect and preserve the health and safety of the people of Somalia. We also call on Somalia\u2019s national leaders to vigorously advocate, defend, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-398280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local","8":"category-news","9":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398282,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398280\/revisions\/398282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}